Northern Chamber Orchestra Limited

Analysis

Northern Chamber Orchestra Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01430784). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Northern Chamber Orchestra Limited reported income of £215k and spending of £263k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £157k to £215k (+37%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Northern Chamber Orchestra Limited sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Architectural Association Foundation (£215k), Cor Meibion Y Penrhyn (£216k) and Arts Derbyshire (£215k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.